Prabhu Guptara
@prabhuguptara.bsky.social
Board consultant, poet, publisher (www.saltdesertmedia.com; www.globalresiliencepub.com; www.pipparannbooks.com); focusing on India, Quantum Computing, Fusion Energy, Technology Strategy, Global Trends
Perhaps of interest?
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Perhaps of interest?
Bobhttps://bobsbanter.com/my-harmonica-and-our-country/
My Harmonica and Our Country..!
My wife gifted me a harmonica for my birthday. Not because she thought I needed a new hobby, but because she had not heard me play for a long time. I had a few harmonicas
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November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Bobhttps://bobsbanter.com/my-harmonica-and-our-country/
On a medicine guaranteed to worsen the disease:
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#India #Bihar #SIR #IndianElections #IndiaDemocracy
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#India #Bihar #SIR #IndianElections #IndiaDemocracy
Yogendra Yadav writes on nation-wide SIR: Exclusionary exercise masquerading as reform
SIR has resulted in a worsening in all key respects: Sharp decline in adult-elector ratio, disproportionate deletions of women and Muslims, and continued presence of glaring inaccuracies in the voters...
indianexpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
On a medicine guaranteed to worsen the disease:
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
#India #Bihar #SIR #IndianElections #IndiaDemocracy
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
#India #Bihar #SIR #IndianElections #IndiaDemocracy
"Indian jugaad manifests individual creativity constrained by resources. An infrastructure of knowledge, critique and collaboration, and the ability to iterate and fail would take this innate creativity and build societal innovation. Yet as a society, we lack this" - #RuchiGupta, Substack
#jugaad
#jugaad
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Indian jugaad manifests individual creativity constrained by resources. An infrastructure of knowledge, critique and collaboration, and the ability to iterate and fail would take this innate creativity and build societal innovation. Yet as a society, we lack this" - #RuchiGupta, Substack
#jugaad
#jugaad
What a terrific column from #BobClementstheWriter, three of whose books I am scheduled to publish, starting some time in 2026 (dates, etc, just being settled in the next few weeks):
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Read, Read, Read..!
With three of my books lying with the publishers, I decided to give myself a small holiday. Not a trip to the mountains or the beaches, but something even more thrilling, a journey through pages. I
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October 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What a terrific column from #BobClementstheWriter, three of whose books I am scheduled to publish, starting some time in 2026 (dates, etc, just being settled in the next few weeks):
bobsbanter.com/read-read-re...
bobsbanter.com/read-read-re...
Do #eliteinstitutions in #India perpetuate systemic inequality based on #caste
madrascourier.com/opinion/cast...
madrascourier.com/opinion/cast...
Caste In The Corridors Of Power: How India’s Elite Institutions Perpetuate Inequality | Madras Courier
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October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Do #eliteinstitutions in #India perpetuate systemic inequality based on #caste
madrascourier.com/opinion/cast...
madrascourier.com/opinion/cast...
You could say, "How astonishing!"
Or you could say, "Oh, not in this as well!"
Or you could say, "And what did you expect?!"
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...
Or you could say, "Oh, not in this as well!"
Or you could say, "And what did you expect?!"
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...
OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.
India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people.
www.technologyreview.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You could say, "How astonishing!"
Or you could say, "Oh, not in this as well!"
Or you could say, "And what did you expect?!"
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...
Or you could say, "Oh, not in this as well!"
Or you could say, "And what did you expect?!"
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...
#religions that threaten and humiliate, as well as religions that harmonise and elevate
The case in #India today
countercurrents.org/2025/10/rake...
The case in #India today
countercurrents.org/2025/10/rake...
Rakesh Kishore defined Hindutva version of Sanatana Dharma in India’s highest court | Countercurrents
There is a spiritual saying: “The Word was God.” But Rakesh Kishore, a 71-year-old senior advocate at the Supreme Court, redefined the Word to be killed—and did so in the Supreme Court of India itself...
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October 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
#religions that threaten and humiliate, as well as religions that harmonise and elevate
The case in #India today
countercurrents.org/2025/10/rake...
The case in #India today
countercurrents.org/2025/10/rake...
You may know that I started in publishing in memory of my wife, 6 years ago, at the age of 70, knowing nothing about the industry earlier.
The best way of keeping up with my progress is to have a quick glance through the latest catalogue 😊
That should soon be uploaded to www.pipparannbooks.com
The best way of keeping up with my progress is to have a quick glance through the latest catalogue 😊
That should soon be uploaded to www.pipparannbooks.com
Book Shop - Pippa Rann Books & Media
Please select the appropriate currency via the buttons to the right of the page. Orders from the UK & Europe are priced in pounds sterling – GBP. Orders from the US, Canada and the Americas are priced...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
You may know that I started in publishing in memory of my wife, 6 years ago, at the age of 70, knowing nothing about the industry earlier.
The best way of keeping up with my progress is to have a quick glance through the latest catalogue 😊
That should soon be uploaded to www.pipparannbooks.com
The best way of keeping up with my progress is to have a quick glance through the latest catalogue 😊
That should soon be uploaded to www.pipparannbooks.com
A robust defence of #IndianEnglish, in time for #IndianEnglishDay (October the 5th)
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#Hindi #languagesofindia #officiallanguagesofIndia
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#Hindi #languagesofindia #officiallanguagesofIndia
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October 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A robust defence of #IndianEnglish, in time for #IndianEnglishDay (October the 5th)
www.thenewsminute.com/voices/engli...
#Hindi #languagesofindia #officiallanguagesofIndia
www.thenewsminute.com/voices/engli...
#Hindi #languagesofindia #officiallanguagesofIndia
Travelling in #India on holiday?
Worth discovering the #Mysore #Bangalore area
www.amazon.in/Marvels-Myso...
Worth discovering the #Mysore #Bangalore area
www.amazon.in/Marvels-Myso...
Amazon.in
www.amazon.in
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Travelling in #India on holiday?
Worth discovering the #Mysore #Bangalore area
www.amazon.in/Marvels-Myso...
Worth discovering the #Mysore #Bangalore area
www.amazon.in/Marvels-Myso...
Glad to learn that the battle for #publicmedia is not lost at least in the #USA:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/29/p...
#media #journalism #newspapers #magazines #americanmedia
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/29/p...
#media #journalism #newspapers #magazines #americanmedia
Who Will Save Public Media?
Congress eliminated the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Can philanthropy and major foundations keep public media alive?
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September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Glad to learn that the battle for #publicmedia is not lost at least in the #USA:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/29/p...
#media #journalism #newspapers #magazines #americanmedia
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/29/p...
#media #journalism #newspapers #magazines #americanmedia
#Ojai, #California, November the 1st, #StephenPHuyler's next public lecture
www.ojaihub.com/bridles-brah...
#memoir @gypsyincalif.bsky.social #booktok
www.ojaihub.com/bridles-brah...
#memoir @gypsyincalif.bsky.social #booktok
Bridles & Brahmins: An Ojai Rebel’s Journey from Ranch Trails to the Temples of India - Ojai Hub
Bridles & BrahminsAn Ojai Rebel’s Journey from Ranch Trails to the Temples of India
Over the last 40 years, Stephen Huyler has published a half-dozen books on the sacred arts of India, drawing on...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
#Ojai, #California, November the 1st, #StephenPHuyler's next public lecture
www.ojaihub.com/bridles-brah...
#memoir @gypsyincalif.bsky.social #booktok
www.ojaihub.com/bridles-brah...
#memoir @gypsyincalif.bsky.social #booktok
Did you know:
you can subscribe to the "Update" published by the #UKNationalPoetryLibrary free of charge?
This poem by #DebjaniChatterjeeMBE was just picked for it www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...
@poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ellenelder-poet.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social
you can subscribe to the "Update" published by the #UKNationalPoetryLibrary free of charge?
This poem by #DebjaniChatterjeeMBE was just picked for it www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...
@poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ellenelder-poet.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social
Ruffled Feathers | Southbank Centre
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September 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Did you know:
you can subscribe to the "Update" published by the #UKNationalPoetryLibrary free of charge?
This poem by #DebjaniChatterjeeMBE was just picked for it www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...
@poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ellenelder-poet.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social
you can subscribe to the "Update" published by the #UKNationalPoetryLibrary free of charge?
This poem by #DebjaniChatterjeeMBE was just picked for it www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...
@poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ellenelder-poet.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social
Could it be that #Trump still has a thing or two to learn - from #India?!
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#elections #electionfunds #politics
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#elections #electionfunds #politics
Your Taxes-Our Re-Election Fund..!
Today, as I opened the morning paper, my coffee nearly turned cold. There it was, staring me in the face—Bihari women had each received ten thousand rupees, not from some benevolent businessman, not f...
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September 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Could it be that #Trump still has a thing or two to learn - from #India?!
bobsbanter.com/your-taxes-o...
#elections #electionfunds #politics
bobsbanter.com/your-taxes-o...
#elections #electionfunds #politics
Not sure if "Left" is any longer an appropriate term for this but, at present I have no better to term to offer, so let's stick with "Left".
To my mind, the question raised by this piece is: Is there not a parallel situtation right around the world?
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
To my mind, the question raised by this piece is: Is there not a parallel situtation right around the world?
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
The legacy of Indian socialism can’t be allowed to fade away. It’s the Left we need
Its ideas are critical for us today. It’s time to recall, repurpose and renew its political and ideological resources.
indianexpress.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Not sure if "Left" is any longer an appropriate term for this but, at present I have no better to term to offer, so let's stick with "Left".
To my mind, the question raised by this piece is: Is there not a parallel situtation right around the world?
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
To my mind, the question raised by this piece is: Is there not a parallel situtation right around the world?
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
"Transformed by India" was, even for someone like me who doesn’t often read memoirs, a delight. And, although I’ve never made it to the Subcontinent, now I want to go.
— Raima Larter, in the Washington Independent Review of Books
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— Raima Larter, in the Washington Independent Review of Books
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...
Transformed by India: A Life | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Transformed by India" was, even for someone like me who doesn’t often read memoirs, a delight. And, although I’ve never made it to the Subcontinent, now I want to go.
— Raima Larter, in the Washington Independent Review of Books
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...
— Raima Larter, in the Washington Independent Review of Books
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...
For your listening pleasure:
a 2-minute excerpt from the audiobook of Stephen Huyler's "Transformed by India"
drive.google.com/file/d/1QNJT...
Available for purchase via www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/tr...
a 2-minute excerpt from the audiobook of Stephen Huyler's "Transformed by India"
drive.google.com/file/d/1QNJT...
Available for purchase via www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/tr...
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For your listening pleasure:
a 2-minute excerpt from the audiobook of Stephen Huyler's "Transformed by India"
drive.google.com/file/d/1QNJT...
Available for purchase via www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/tr...
a 2-minute excerpt from the audiobook of Stephen Huyler's "Transformed by India"
drive.google.com/file/d/1QNJT...
Available for purchase via www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/tr...
#India's descent from the sycophantic "Mughal Raj" to the meritocratic and non-sycophantic but 'loyalist' "British Raj", to the meritocratic but exploitative "Babu Raj", to now the sycophantic "Chamcha Raj"
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#MughalRaj #BritishRaj #BabuRaj #ChamchaRaj
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#MughalRaj #BritishRaj #BabuRaj #ChamchaRaj
Narendra Modi’s Happy Birthday. When sycophancy is normalised. - Sagarika Ghose
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently celebrated his 75th birthday. Among the gushingly fulsome birthday wishes to Modi, a video by actor Sudesh Berry took the veritable cake. In the video, a visibly ...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#India's descent from the sycophantic "Mughal Raj" to the meritocratic and non-sycophantic but 'loyalist' "British Raj", to the meritocratic but exploitative "Babu Raj", to now the sycophantic "Chamcha Raj"
sagarikaghose.in/columns/nare...
#MughalRaj #BritishRaj #BabuRaj #ChamchaRaj
sagarikaghose.in/columns/nare...
#MughalRaj #BritishRaj #BabuRaj #ChamchaRaj
What if your next major writing project started entirely by accident, in the middle of the night?
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#PippaRannBooks #StephenPHuyler #BookTok
www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxz...
#PippaRannBooks #StephenPHuyler #BookTok
Story Impact E31 Stephen Huyler
YouTube video by Lisa Towles
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September 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
What if your next major writing project started entirely by accident, in the middle of the night?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxz...
#PippaRannBooks #StephenPHuyler #BookTok
www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxz...
#PippaRannBooks #StephenPHuyler #BookTok
Breaking News!
Frank Raj's screenplay, 'To Kill a Trojan Horse' has been selected for the Semi-Finals in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (#LAISA)!
The Finals are in December.
Meanwhile, hearty congratulations to Frank!
#losangelesinternationalscreenplayawards
Frank Raj's screenplay, 'To Kill a Trojan Horse' has been selected for the Semi-Finals in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (#LAISA)!
The Finals are in December.
Meanwhile, hearty congratulations to Frank!
#losangelesinternationalscreenplayawards
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Breaking News!
Frank Raj's screenplay, 'To Kill a Trojan Horse' has been selected for the Semi-Finals in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (#LAISA)!
The Finals are in December.
Meanwhile, hearty congratulations to Frank!
#losangelesinternationalscreenplayawards
Frank Raj's screenplay, 'To Kill a Trojan Horse' has been selected for the Semi-Finals in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (#LAISA)!
The Finals are in December.
Meanwhile, hearty congratulations to Frank!
#losangelesinternationalscreenplayawards
Delighted to see the prepublication announcement of the first-ever Handbook of Punjab Studies.
Will now be an important reference source on Punjab Studies.
48 scholars from Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan, Singapore, the UK, and the USA have contributed
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
Will now be an important reference source on Punjab Studies.
48 scholars from Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan, Singapore, the UK, and the USA have contributed
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies
The Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of Punjab Studies.
Chapters cover the history, politics, economics, culture, religion and society as well as t...
www.routledge.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Delighted to see the prepublication announcement of the first-ever Handbook of Punjab Studies.
Will now be an important reference source on Punjab Studies.
48 scholars from Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan, Singapore, the UK, and the USA have contributed
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
Will now be an important reference source on Punjab Studies.
48 scholars from Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan, Singapore, the UK, and the USA have contributed
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...